Traffic Alert

Traffic Alert

October 13, 2005

POLK COUNTY

- Interstate 4. Drivers should be alert to construction vehicles entering and exiting inside lanes in both directions one mile west of the U.S. Highway 27 interchange while crews complete work on a stormwater pond.

- Polk Parkway. The eastbound exit ramp at the intersection of Drane Field Road and Harden Boulevard is reduced to one lane. Projected completion: late October.

- U.S. Highway 27. Expect southbound lanes to close at night between Star Lake Drive and Towerview Boulevard. Median work will continue through Dec. 15. The highway is being widened to six lanes from Towerview Boulevard to State Road 540.

Expect lane closings at night from south of S.R. 544 to Blue Heron Bay as the road is widened to six lanes. The bridge over the CSX railroad will be replaced. Projected completion: fall 2006.

- U.S. Highway 441. Expect lanes to close as the highway is widened to six lanes from south of Osceola Parkway to Taft-Vineland Road in Orange and Osceola counties. Projected completion: summer 2006.

LAKE COUNTY

- U.S. Highway 441. Expect northbound lanes to close near Leesburg Airport. The highway is being widened between Mills Street and College Drive.

Expect lane closings at night between Lake Eustis Drive and C.R. 44B while crews widen the highway to six lanes and add turn lanes.

Expect delays at Lincoln Avenue while turn lanes and a traffic signal are added. Renninger's Flea Market will realign its entrance and exit. Projected completion: early November.

- Florida's Turnpike. Expect lanes to close at night at the Leesburg toll plaza while crews put in temporary barrier walls for the plaza's widening and reconstruction. Two cash lanes are to be added and SunPass lanes moved at the toll plaza at milepost 297 between U.S. 27 and S.R. 19 exits. Projected completion: December 2006.

- State Road 19. Expect lane closings from Norton Avenue to Golden Gem Drive and at Stevens Avenue for milling and resurfacing.

- U.S. Highway 27. Expect lane closings as the highway is resurfaced from Sunshine Avenue in Leesburg to the C.R. 25 overpass in Lady Lake. Projected completion: December.

Expect delays at S.R. 19 and Florida's Turnpike while turn lanes are lengthened.

- County Road 439. Expect lane closings between C.R. 44A and C.R. 42 from north of Eustis to south of Paisley for widening. Projected completion: December.